2019 Basketball Champions League Final Four

2019 Basketball Champions League Final Four

Season	2018–19 season
Tournament details
Arena	Sportpaleis Antwerp, Belgium
Dates	3–5 May 2018
Final positions
Champions	Virtus Bologna 1st title
Runners-up	Iberostar Tenerife
Third place	Telenet Giants Antwerp
Fourth place	Brose Bamberg
Awards and statistics
MVP	Kevin Punter
Top scorer(s)	Kevin Punter (47)
Attendance	65,663 (16,416 per game)

The 2019 Basketball Champions League (BCL) Final Four was the third Basketball Champions League tournament. It was the concluding phase of the 2018–19 Basketball Champions League season.

Venue

The Sportpaleis hosted the final tournament for the first time.

Antwerp	Antwerp 2019 Basketball Champions League Final Four (Europe)
Sportpaleis
Capacity: 18,500

Teams

Road to the Final Four

Main article: 2018–19 Basketball Champions League

Club	Clinched Final Four		Season performance
			Regular season record	Round of 16				Quarterfinals
Iberostar Tenerife	3 April 2019		12–2 (1st Group B)	Promitheas	136–126	57–69 (A)	79–57 (H)	Hapoel Jerusalem	154–139	73–75 (A)	81–64 (H)
Segafredo Virtus Bologna	3 April 2019		10–4 (1st Group D)	Le Mans Sarthe	155–132	74–74 (A)	81–58 (H)	Nanterre 92	148–141	75–83 (A)	73–58 (H)
Brose Bamberg	3 April 2019		9–5 (3rd Group C)	Banvit	169–164	81–79 (H)	88–85 (A)	AEK	138–136	71–67 (H)	67–69 (A)
Telenet Giants Antwerp	3 April 2019		7–7 (4th Group C)	UCAM Murcia	152–145	75–67 (H)	77–78 (A)	Nizhny Novgorod	149–129	83–68 (A)	66–61 (H)

Background

Information

Team	Domestic competition	Position (Record)	Head coach	Leading scorer
Telenet Giants Antwerp	Pro Basketball League	2nd (24–6)	Roel Moors	Paris Lee (13.7)
Segafredo Virtus Bologna	LBA	11th (14–15)	Aleksandar Đorđević	Kevin Punter (15.1)
Brose Bamberg	Basketball Bundesliga	5th (20–11)	Federico Perego	Tyrese Rice (16.6)
Iberostar Tenerife	Liga ACB	9th (15–15)	Txus Vidorreta	Tim Abromaitis (11.3)

Telenet Giants Antwerp

Antwerp qualified for its first ever final phase of a European competition and were the second team ever to reach the final four after playing all qualifying rounds, after Riesen Ludwigsburg in 2018. In its domestic Pro Basketball League (PBL), Antwerp was having a terrific year as it was in second position. In 2018–19, Antwerp also won its first Belgian Basketball Cup in history.

Segafredo Virtus Bologna

Bologna qualified for the Champions League as the ninth best team in the Italian Lega Basket Serie A (LBA). In its 2018–19 domestic season, it was in eleventh position as of 16 April 2019. Leading scorer Kevin Punter won the Champions League in 2018, while playing for AEK.

Brose Bamberg

After playing in EuroLeague Basketball competitions for years, Bamberg made its debut in the Champions League. It also won the 2019 BBL-Pokal in the 2018–19 season.

Iberostar Tenerife

Tenerife made its return to the Final Four for the second time, after winning the tournament in 2017.

Bracket

	Semifinals				Final
	3 May
	Segafredo Virtus Bologna	67
					5 May
	Brose Bamberg	50
					Segafredo Virtus Bologna	73
	3 May
					Iberostar Tenerife	61
	Iberostar Tenerife	70
	Telenet Antwerp Giants	54
					Third place game
					5 May
					Brose Bamberg	58
					Telenet Antwerp Giants	72

Semifinals

Segafredo Virtus Bologna vs Brose Bamberg

Segafredo Virtus Bologna v Brose Bamberg

3 May 2019	Segafredo Virtus Bologna	67–50	Brose Bamberg	Antwerp
18:30	Scoring by quarter: 22–11, 20–17, 11–11, 14–11
	Pts: Punter 21 Rebs: Moreira 9 Asts: Taylor 5 Eff: Punter 21	Boxscore	Pts: Rice 21 Rebs: Alexander 9 Asts: Zisis 2 Eff: Harris 9	Arena: Sportpaleis Attendance: 15,500 Referees: Yohan Rosso (FRA), Mārtiņš Kozlovskis (LAT), Oskars Lucis (LAT)

Starters: Pts Reb Ast PG 7 Tony Taylor 5 3 5 SG 0 Kevin Punter 21 8 2 SF 1 Kelvin Martin 2 3 1 PF 24 Amath M'Baye 9 2 0 C 2 Yanick Moreira 5 9 1 Reserves: PG 6 Alessandro Pajola 0 0 0 F/C 8 Filippo Baldi Rossi 5 3 0 PG 9 Alessandro Cappelletti DNP C 11 Dejan Kravić 8 6 0 G 15 Mario Chalmers 5 3 2 G/F 21 Pietro Aradori 9 2 0 G 25 David Cournooh 1 1 0 Head coach: Aleksandar Đorđević

Bologna Bamberg 0 Bologna Statistics Bamberg 18/48 (37.5%) 2-pt field goals 12/43 (27.9%) 6/18 (33.3%) 3-pt field goals 5/23 (21.7%) 13/20 (65%) Free throws 11/14 (78.6%) 14 Offensive rebounds 16 33 Defensive rebounds 29 47 Total rebounds 45 12 Assists 4 11 Turnovers 16 10 Steals 8 3 Blocks 5 21 Fouls 18

Starters: Pts Reb Ast PG 4 Tyrese Rice 21 3 2 SG 6 Nikos Zisis 4 3 2 SF 33 Patrick Heckmann 2 8 1 PF 16 Louis Olinde 0 5 0 C 22 Cliff Alexander 3 9 0 Reserves: G 2 Ricky Hickman 4 3 2 G 9 Maurice Stuckey DNP PG 13 Daniel Schmidt DNP G/F 20 Elias Harris 9 5 1 PF 21 Augustine Rubit 5 7 0 SG 44 Bryce Taylor 2 1 0 SG 98 Arnoldas Kulboka DNP Head coach: Federico Perego

Iberostar Tenerife vs Telenet Giants Antwerp

Iberostar Tenerife v Telenet Giants Antwerp

3 May 2019	Iberostar Tenerife	70–54	Telenet Giants Antwerp	Antwerp
21:15	Scoring by quarter: 12–20, 19–6, 16–16, 23–12
	Pts: Brussino 17 Rebs: Gillet 6 Asts: San Miguel 8 Eff: Brussino 22	Boxscore	Pts: Kalinoski, Tate 13 Rebs: Bako 10 Asts: Lee 4 Eff: Bako 15	Arena: Sportpaleis Attendance: 17,289 Referees: Aleksandar Glišić (SRB), Georgios Poursanidis (GRE), Ademir Zurapović (BIH)

Starters: Pts Reb Ast PG 00 Rodrigo San Miguel 4 0 8 SG 5 Nicolás Richotti 0 1 0 SF 9 Nicolás Brussino 17 4 3 PF 21 Tim Abromaitis 5 5 1 C 4 Colton Iverson 5 5 1 Reserves: SG 1 Lucca Staiger 0 0 0 C 7 Mamadou Niang 7 3 1 PG 10 Ferrán Bassas 2 0 1 C 11 Sebastian Saiz 2 0 0 PF 31 Pierre-Antoine Gillet 11 6 0 SF 33 Javier Beirán 14 4 2 PG 34 Davin White 3 0 2 Head coach: Txus Vidorreta

Tenerife Antwerp 0 Tenerife Statistics Antwerp 16/29 (55.2%) 2-pt Field goals 15/33 (45.5%) 9/22 (40.9%) 3-pt field goals 5/22 (22.7%) 11/19 (57.9%) Free throws 9/18 (50%) 10 Offensive rebounds 13 26 Defensive rebounds 20 36 Total rebounds 33 19 Assists 12 14 Turnovers 15 8 Steals 7 3 Blocks 1 20 Fouls 21

Starters: Pts Reb Ast PG 5 Paris Lee 4 3 4 SG 11 Victor Sanders 2 0 2 SF 24 Tyler Kalinoski 13 1 1 PF 13 Yoeri Schoepen 3 1 0 C 21 Ismaël Bako 7 10 2 Reserves: SG 7 Dennis Donkor 0 0 0 SF 8 Jae'Sean Tate 13 4 1 PF 10 Hans Vanwijn 0 4 1 PG 20 Thomas Akyazili 1 1 0 PF 23 Dave Dudzinski 7 1 1 C 31 Trevor Thompson 4 1 0 C 33 Moses Kingsley 0 0 0 Head coach: Roel Moors

Third place game

Brose Bamberg v Telenet Giants Antwerp

5 May 2019	Brose Bamberg	58–72	Telenet Giants Antwerp	Antwerp, Belgium
15:00	Scoring by quarter: 18–15, 8–22, 16–14, 16–21
	Pts: Olinde 12 Rebs: Rubit 10 Asts: Hickman 5 PIR: Olinde 19	Boxscore	Pts: Tate 16 Rebs: Tate 7 Asts: Lee 5 PIR: Tate 20	Arena: Sportpaleis Attendance: 16,437 Referees: Aleksandar Glišić (SRB), Sergiy Zashchuk (UKR), Yener Yılmaz (TUR)

Starters: Pts Reb Ast PG 4 Tyrese Rice 8 0 3 SG 13 Daniel Schmidt 0 2 3 SF 33 Patrick Heckmann 0 0 0 PF 16 Louis Olinde 12 6 2 C 22 Cliff Alexander 0 9 0 Reserves: G 2 Ricky Hickman 4 3 5 SG 6 Nikos Zisis 6 1 0 G 9 Maurice Stuckey 4 1 1 G/F 20 Elias Harris 6 5 0 PF 21 Augustine Rubit 8 10 1 SG 44 Bryce Taylor 0 1 0 SG 98 Arnoldas Kulboka 10 2 0 Head coach: Federico Perego

Bamberg Antwerp 0 Bamberg Statistics Antwerp 17/40 (42.5%) 2-pt field goals 18/43 (41.9%) 5/21 (23.8%) 3-pt field goals 9/27 (33.3%) 9/14 (64.3%) Free throws 9/16 (56.2%) 11 Offensive rebounds 14 33 Defensive rebounds 27 44 Total rebounds 41 15 Assists 18 12 Turnovers 6 3 Steals 7 3 Blocks 1 21 Fouls 19

Starters: Pts Reb Ast PG 5 Paris Lee 3 3 5 SG 11 Victor Sanders 8 2 0 SF 24 Tyler Kalinoski 10 2 0 PF 13 Yoeri Schoepen 2 4 1 C 21 Ismaël Bako 5 2 2 Reserves: SG 7 Dennis Donkor 0 0 0 SF 8 Jae'Sean Tate 16 7 3 PF 10 Hans Vanwijn 9 5 2 PG 20 Thomas Akyazili 8 2 3 PF 23 Dave Dudzinski 4 3 2 C 31 Trevor Thompson 0 0 0 C 33 Moses Kingsley 7 5 0 Head coach: Roel Moors

Final

Main article: 2019 Basketball Champions League Final

Segafredo Virtus Bologna v Iberostar Tenerife

5 May 2019	Segafredo Virtus Bologna	73–61	Iberostar Tenerife	Antwerp, Belgium
18:00	Scoring by quarter: 20–8, 18–16, 20–20, 15–17
	Pts: Punter 26 Rebs: Punter 7 Asts: Taylor 5 PIR: Punter 29	Boxscore	Pts: Abromaitis 18 Rebs: Iverson 9 Asts: Beirán 3 PIR: Abromaitis 21	Arena: Sportpaleis Attendance: 16,437 Referees: Yohan Rosso (FRA), Mārtiņš Kozlovskis (LAT), Georgios Poursanidis (GRE)

Starters: Pts Reb Ast PG 7 Tony Taylor 4 3 5 SG 0 Kevin Punter 26 7 1 SF 1 Kelvin Martin 2 2 1 PF 24 Amath M'Baye 16 3 0 C 2 Yanick Moreira 4 4 0 Reserves: PG 6 Alessandro Pajola DNP F/C 8 Filippo Baldi Rossi 0 2 0 PG 9 Alessandro Cappelletti DNP C 11 Dejan Kravić 4 5 0 G 15 Mario Chalmers 8 2 2 G/F 21 Pietro Aradori 9 1 1 G 25 David Cournooh 0 1 0 Head coach: Aleksandar Đorđević

Bologna Tenerife 0 Bologna Statistics Tenerife 17/38 (44.7%) 2-pt field goals 13/28 (46.4%) 7/16 (43.8%) 3-pt field goals 5/37 (13.5%) 18/26 (69.2%) Free throws 20/23 (87%) 11 Offensive rebounds 24 21 Defensive rebounds 20 32 Total rebounds 44 10 Assists 11 15 Turnovers 20 8 Steals 6 3 Blocks 1 26 Fouls 29 2018–19 Basketball Champions League champions Segafredo Virtus Bologna 1st title

Starters: Pts Reb Ast PG 00 Rodrigo San Miguel 3 2 1 SG 1 Lucca Staiger 3 1 0 SF 9 Nicolás Brussino 2 1 0 PF 21 Tim Abromaitis 18 8 2 C 4 Colton Iverson 11 9 0 Reserves: SG 5 Nicolás Richotti DNP C 7 Mamadou Niang 2 4 1 PG 10 Ferrán Bassas 5 2 2 C 11 Sebastian Saiz 1 2 0 PF 31 Pierre-Antoine Gillet 3 2 2 SF 33 Javier Beirán 9 7 3 PG 34 Davin White 4 0 0 Head coach: Txus Vidorreta

External links

• Basketball Champions League (official website)